SPOT X W/BLUETOOTH 2 WAY MESSAGING GPS TRACKING AND

Perfect for being able to communicate when in extremely remote situations. I chose the Spot X over other devices because of the built in keyboard. I wanted to make using it easy even without and app. Some of the other devices really heavily on the all to send texts. Thats why I chose this one. Its also easy enough to use Ive shown my son how to do use it in case anything happened to me while out on a ride. Overall really happy with this purchase brings a lot of piece of mind while out on trips. Really only downside is it is a bit large.

The one star review from the person who cannot apply a simple firmware update is extremely unfair! Therefore I'd like to balance this out. I've been using Spot for many years and at first had frustrations with being locked into 1 year contracts for a device I only use in the summer. They have since fixed that and allow month-to-month which was my #1 complaint. The device has always worked great and done exactly as it's advertised. My family LOVES being able to see where I am on the online map and my wife greatly appreciates the nightly check-in to know I'm safe each night so she can sleep. I continue to use my Spot device (gen3) year after year going on my 4th year.

Got it on time to me in Mexico. Set up and ready for my hunting trip. Love it, thank you!

Software is kind of clunky. Had to call tech support to figure some of it out. For what it is, it's a good unit for what it is designed for.

If you are not a computer person, avoid this device. Upon purchase, you must do a firmware update prior to using it. If you do not have a windows or mac OS computer, I.E. a chromebook or other, you will not be able to perform this firmware update. Very frustrating as an outdoors person.

Before you buy this, you need to know that it does not work anywhere that there is 5g service. That is almost everywhere. Granted, you are supposed to use this when there is no reception, you will need to travel great distances to train with it or use it at all. You can send messages out, but you cannot get them anywhere with 5g. You will have to travel probably an hour out into the middle of nowhere to get the message. I recommend not getting this, there are other devices for just a little bit more money that can operate with the 5g towers in proximity. I am sending my device back and trying that. Very promising device though, I hope their future models take current technology into consideration when they build the next one. You should be able to use the device even though there is 5g towers around.